The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-10-05

BROOKLYN, Oct. 2. The capacity for a
still larger audience hag been made at the
Brooklyn tabernacle. An adioined lee
ture room has been built so that during
the week it is used by itself but on the
Sabbath it is thrown into the main audi
forum and filed by those sitting or
standing Notwithstanding the enlarge
ment the crowds that 20 away not able
10 get inside the building are greater this
fall than ever before. To-day the pastor
explained appropriate passages Of Script
ure. Professor Browne rendered upon
the organ the first sonata in ID minor,
Ritter. The text Of the sermon was from
III Corinthians, chapter viii, verse 0: eye
know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich, yet for your
sakes he became poor. DR.. Talmage said:
That all the worlds which on a cold
winters night make the heavens one
great glitter are inhabitantless is an alb
surdity. Philosophers tell us that many
Of these worlds are too hot or too cold or
too rarefied Of atmosphere for residence.
But, if not fit for human abode, they
may be fit for beings different from and
superior 10 ourselves. We are told that
the world Of Jupiter is changing until il
is almost fit for creatures like the human
race, and that Mars would do for the
human family with "A little change in the
structure Of the respiratory organs. But
that there is a great world swung some
where, vast beyond imagination, and that
it is the headquarters of the universe and
the metropolis Of immensely, and has a
population in numbers vast beyond all
statistics and appointments of splendor
beyond the capacity Of canvas or poem
or angel to describe, Is az certain az the
Bible is authentic. Perhaps some Of the
astronomers with their big telescopes
have already caught glimpse of it, not
knowing what it is. We spell it with
six letters and pronounce it heaven.
That is where Prince Jesus lived nine
teen centuries ago. He was the King
son. II was the old homestead of eter-
nifty, and all its castles were as old as
God Not frost hal ever chilled the
air, Not a tear had ever rolled down the
cheek Of one Of its inhabitants. There
had never been in it a headache, or a
sideache, or a heartache. There had not
been a funeral in the memory of the oldest
land been woven a black veil, for there
had never been anything to mourn over
The passage Of millions Of years had not
wrinllled OF crippled or bedimmed any OF
its citizens. All the people there were il
a state Of eternal adolescence. What
floral and pOmonic brightnessl Gardens
of perpetual bloom and orchards in un-
ending fruitage Had some spirit from
another world entered and asked, what is
sin? what is bereavement? what is sorrow
what is death? the brightest of the intelli-
gences would have failed to give defni-
ton, though TO study the question there
were silence in heaven for half an hour.
The Prince Of whom | speak had honors,
emoluments, vaccinations, such as nc
other prince, celestial or terrestrial, ever
enjoyed. As he passed the street, the
inhabitants took off from their brows gar
lands Of white lilies and threw them in
the way. He never entered any of the
temples without all the worshipers rising
up and bowling in Obeisance. In all the
professions of the high days he was the
one who evoked the loudest welcome.
Sometimes on foot, walking in loving
talk with the humblest of the land, but
at other times he took chariot, and among
the 90, 900 that David spoke of his was
the swftest and most flaming; or, as when
John described him, he took white pal
frey with what prance of foot, and arch
of neck, and roll of name, and CLEAN OF
eye is only dimly suggested in the Apo.
calypso. He was not like other princes
waiting for the father TO die and then take
the throne. When few years ago an artist
in Germany made a picture for the roya
gallery representing Emperor William or
the throne, and the crown prince as hav
ing one foot on the step of the throne
Emperor William ordered the pictur,
changed, and said: LET the prince keeI
his foot off the throne till leave it.
Already enthroned was the heavenly
prince side by side with the Father
What circle of dominion! What myr
Inidons of admirers! What unendin,
round of glories! All the towers chimet
the princes praises. OF all the inhabit
ants, from the center of the city, on owe
the hills and clear down to the beacl
against which the ocean of immensit,
rolls its pillows, the Prince was the ac
knowledged favorite. No wonder m
text says that "He was rich. - Set al
the diamonds of the earth in one scepter
build all the palaces of the earth in ON
Alhambra, gather all the pearls of the Sc
in one diadem, put all the values of tn
earth in one coin, the aggregate woul,
not express his afiluence. Yes, Paul wa
right. solomon had in gold $50, 900, 90
pounds and in silver 1 ,029, 600, 377 pound
sterling. But greater than Solomon i
here. Not the millionaire, but the quad
Millionaire of heaven. To describe hi
celestial surroundings the Bible uses al
colors, gathering them in rainbow owe
the throne and setting them as agate il
the temple window, and hosting lively
of them into a wall from striped jasper a
the base To transparent amethyst in tn
capstone, while between are green O
emerald, and snow of pearl, and blue O
sapphire, and yellow of topaz, gray c
chrysoprasus, and flame of jacinth. Al
the loneliness of landscape in foliage, am
river, and rill, and all enchantmen
aquamarine, the sea of glass mingle'
with fire as when the sun sinks in tn
Mediterranean. All the thrill of music
instrumental and vocal, harps, trumpets
doxologies. There stood the Prince, sur
rounded by those who had under thei
wings the velocity of millions of miles i
a second, rich in love, rich in alteration
rich in power, rich in worship, rich il
holiness, rich as God
But one day there was big disaster il
department of Gods universe. A rae
fallen, a world in ruinsi Our plane
the scene of catastrophe! A globe swing
ing out into darkness, with mountains
t.-l. Is fri f,-s
fugal of sin seeming to overpower tn
beautiful centiipetal of righteousness
and from it groan reached heaven
Such sound had never been heard there
Plenty of sweet sounds. but never an out
cry of distress, or an echo of agony, A
that one groan the Prince rose from al
the olissful CIRCUMFERENCE, and started
Tor the outer gate, and descended int
the night of this world. Out of what 8
bright harbor into what rough sea
Stay with US, cried angel after angel
and potentate after potentate. mo. >
said the Prince; Il cannot stay; mus
be off for that wreck of a world. mus
stop that groan. | must hush that dis
tress. / must fathom that way. mus
redeem those nations. Farewell. thrones
and temples, companions cherubic, ser
aphic, archangelic. Excuse this absence.
for l will come back again, carrying on
my shoulder ransomed world. Till
this is done l choose earthly scott To
heavenly reclamation, and cattle pen to
kings palace, frigid zone of earth to
atmosphere of celestial radiance. have
no time to lose, for bark We to the groan
that grows mightier while l wait. Fare
well. FAREWELL
I've know the grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for
your sakes he became poor
Was there ever a contrast so overpower-
ing as that between the MONDAY of Christ
celestial departure and the midnight of
his earthly arrival? Sure enough, the
angels We're out that night in the sky, and
especial meteor acted as escort. but all
that was from other worlds. and not